One of the biggest problems in our country is the failure of the state to provide quality services to us, the citizens – such as public health services, transport and education.
South Africans are desperate for a new beginning, for a return to the democratic values of 1994. It has been argued that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s hand has been strengthened in the ANC, which should give us hope that a programme of renewal of South African democracy and socioeconomic transfor.
It would be the height of irony were President Cyril Ramaphosa to be found wanting on the allegations levelled against him over the theft of cash at his Phala Phala game farm, writes Mike Siluma.
Perhaps it’s because of our history of division and suspicion. Or even pent-up anger about the unfulfilled promise of a better life in the new SA. But I’m often struck by how, in what passes for debate on matters of national importance, we tend to so glibly talk past each other, writes Mike Siluma.